18th Arizona State Legislature

The 18th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1947 to December 31, 1948, during the fourth of Sidney Preston Osborn's four consecutive terms as Governor of Arizona. The number of senators and house members remained constant at 19 and 58, respectively. The Democrats controlled one hundred percent of the senate. while the Republicans gained four house seats, to a total of five.

18th Arizona State Legislature
← 17th 19th →
Arizona State Capitol (2014)
Overview
Legislative body	Arizona State Legislature
Jurisdiction	Arizona, United States
Term	January 1, 1951 – December 31, 1952
Senate
Members	19
Party control	Democratic (19–0)
House of Representatives
Members	58
Party control	Democratic (53–5)
Sessions
1st January 13 – March 20, 1947
Special sessions
1st June 9 – June 23, 1947 2nd June 18 – July 1, 1947 3rd January 5 – January 21, 1948 4th January 22 – February 17, 1948 5th February 18 – February 25, 1948 6th March 12 – March 25, 1948 7th September 13 – October 14, 1948

Sessions

The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Phoenix on January 13, 1947; and adjourned on March 20.[1] There were seven special sessions, the first of which was held from June 9 through June 23, 1947,[2]^:376 the second was held from June 18 – July 1, 1947,[2]^:402 the third was held between January 5 – 21, 1948,[2]^:515 the fourth from January 22- February 17, 1948,[2]^:538 the fifth spanned February 18 – March 12, 1948,[2]^:553 The sixth was from March 12–25, 1948,[2]^:635 and the seventh from September 13 – October 14, 1948.[2]^:661

State Senate

Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.[1]^:4

County	Senator	Party	Notes
Apache	Earl Platt	Democratic
Cochise	Ralph Cowan*	Democratic
	Dan Angius*	Democratic
Coconino	John G. Babbitt	Democratic
Gila	S. L. Bixby*	Democratic
	James R. Heron*	Democratic
Graham	Wesley A. Townsend*	Democratic
Greenlee	Fred J. Fritz	Democratic
Maricopa	Marvin E. Smith	Democratic
	O.L. McDaniel	Democratic
Mohave	Earle W. Cook	Democratic
Navajo	Lloyd C. Henning*	Democratic
Pima	H. H. d'Autremont*	Democratic
	William Kimball*	Democratic
Pinal	Lloyd E. Canfil	Democratic
Santa Cruz	W. H. Hathaway*	Democratic
Yavapai	A. L. Favour	Democratic
	Sam J. Head	Democratic
Yuma	Hugo B. Farmer*	Democratic

House of Representatives

Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.[1]^:5

County	Representative	Party	Notes
Apache	Walter Pulsipher	Democratic
Cochise	I. A. Rosok*	Democratic
	Carl W. Morris	Democratic
	Leo F. Foster	Democratic
	Stuart F. Krentz	Democratic
	A. R. Spikes*	Democratic
Coconino	Frank L. Christensen*	Democratic
	Jesse L. Boyce	Democratic
Gila	Raymond G. Langham	Democratic
	William G. Rosenbaum*	Democratic
	Harold Copp*	Democratic
Graham	W. A. McBride	Democratic
	Milton Lines	Democratic
Greenlee	James Boyce Scott	Democratic
Maricopa	R.S. Hart	Democratic
	H. C. Armstrong*	Democratic
	G. N. Baker*	Democratic
	Wing F. Ong	Democratic
	Jack Cummard*	Democratic
	Fletcher W. Timmerman	Democratic
	John E. Hunt	Democratic
	L. Max Connolly	Democratic
	W. R. Palmer	Democratic
	Sidney Kartus*	Democratic
	J. M. Combs	Democratic
	Alvin Lindsey*	Democratic
	W. E. Craig	Democratic
	Thornton Jones	Democratic
	R. H. Wallace	Republican
	Laura McRae*	Democratic
	M. Joe Murphy*	Democratic
	Harry Wimberly	Democratic
	Claire Phelps*	Democratic
	Dwight L. Solomon	Democratic
	R. D. Searles	Democratic
	Lorna E. Lockwood	Democratic
	W. W. Franklin	Democratic
Mohave	E. L. Jameson*	Democratic
Navajo	Eva O. Decker	Republican
	Clay B. Simer*	Democratic
Pima	Oscar C. Cole	Democratic
	Robert H. Forbes*	Democratic
	Frank G. Robles	Democratic
	Roy Martin*	Democratic
	John S. Hardwicke*	Democratic
	John H. Ayraud*	Democratic
	James W. Ewing*	Republican
	Hamilton R. Catlin	Democratic
	V. S. Hostetter	Republican
Pinal	Parke T. Gilbert	Democratic
	George Ernst*	Democratic
Santa Cruz	Raymond E. Earhart	Democratic
Yavapai	Robert E. Perkins*	Democratic
	Dick W. Martin	Republican
	Kel M. Fox	Democratic
	Harry E. Metz*	Democratic
Yuma	Clara Osborne Botzum*	Democratic
	N. S. McCallum	Democratic

References

1. "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1945, Seventeenth Legislature, First Special Session, 1946, Seventeenth Legislature, First and Third Special Sessions, 1947, Eighteenth Legislature, First Regular Session". State of Arizona. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
2. "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1947, Eighteenth Legislature, First and Second Special Sessions, 1948, Eighteenth Legislature, Third to Seventh Special Sessions, 1949, Ninteenth Legislature, Regular Session". State of Arizona. Retrieved August 21, 2017.